Healthcare companies in Maule, Chile

Maule has 3,494 healthcare company records in ISIC section Q (human health and social work activities), 3,461 of them active, according to the RES (datos.gob.cl) + SII nómina as of 2026-08-03. That is 4.7% of the section in Chile and makes Maule the 4th largest of 16 regions for healthcare. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 2.1% of Maule's records against 2.2% nationally (location quotient 0.96).

Talca concentrates 49.1% of the active companies, followed by Curico (694) and Linares (376); the three together hold 80.0%. The median active company is 5.0 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 30% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 313 new healthcare businesses were registered in Maule, +4.7% on the previous 12 months (national section Q: +2.5%). By ISIC division, 86 (human health activities) is 97.1% of the records and 87 (residential care activities) 2.3%. Size is known for 60% of the active companies; 72% of those are micro and 42 are medium or large.

Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, dental and medical practices, care homes and social-assistance organisations. In Brazil and Colombia a large share of division 86 is physicians incorporated as single-practitioner companies; filter by size or legal form to separate institutions from practices. Healthtech, medical supply, health-plan and revenue-cycle vendors are the buyers.